Re: Tenders as dual-gauge idler cars . . .

It's really hard to tell -

But in the photo at the top of [ngdiscussion.net] it looks like the first car immediately behind the last tender is sticking out about a foot farther toward the near side of the train – could it, and the cars behind it, be standard-gauge?  They're not a whole lot bigger than the tenders, but IIRC back when that photo was taken standard-gauge boxcars weren't nearly as big as they were after the turn of the century.  The camera was positioned at exactly the same level as the track, so I can't tell if its three-rail track – with the the third rail on the side closer to the photographer – or not.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 11/20/2017 06:18PM by Russo Loco.